Future PCA AX at the Rangers Ballpark

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05-31-2008, 08:27 PM
jrj512

Future PCA AX at the Rangers Ballpark

The PCA announced today that one of the future AX events will be in one of the parking lots at the Rangers Ballpark. We'll see how it goes. I will post a thread once I know the date.
06-01-2008, 07:07 AM
Miatamoto

Kudos to PCA for trying new venues. I hope this works out.
06-01-2008, 10:00 AM
jrj512

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miatamoto

Kudos to PCA for trying new venues. I hope this works out.

I agree. It is great to see the new AX chairman being proactive like this. I think the Birdville ISD stadium was a bust, but it was nice to try.
06-01-2008, 07:43 PM
onething

Must be nice to not have to worry about the cost! What is that going to set them back?
06-01-2008, 07:56 PM
gabkwong

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Originally Posted by onething

Must be nice to not have to worry about the cost! What is that going to set them back?

They say it is actually less than the bus lot with the size of the mineral hell! I think it will be in the early part of August.
06-02-2008, 05:54 AM
jrj512

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabkwong

They say it is actually less than the bus lot with the size of the mineral hell! I think it will be in the early part of August.

I think that they are overstating the size, but they did say it was less than the TMS Bus Lot. We'll see come race day.
06-02-2008, 06:01 AM
bnordin

I think it is great as well. And as far as money goes, I am more than pleased at the cost of all the Maverick PCA events.
06-02-2008, 09:42 AM
jtkeller

I think they said it was scheduled for the first half of August.
06-02-2008, 09:53 AM
Titus

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrj512

I think that they are overstating the size, but they did say it was less than the TMS Bus Lot. We'll see come race day.

While not as big as MW, it does look pretty big when you look at these satellite photos all at the same scale:

Ballpark

MW

Bus lot

It does look to have a good deal of light polls though. :(
06-02-2008, 10:30 AM
Ataim

Is that parking for Six Flags?
06-02-2008, 10:31 AM
SpinOutF500

Quote:

Originally Posted by Titus

While not as big as MW, it does look pretty big when you look at these satellite photos all at the same scale:

Ballpark

MW

Bus lot

It does look to have a good deal of light polls though. :(

The link for the Ballpark actually shows the parking lot for Six Flags. So they will be running on a different lot.
06-02-2008, 10:34 AM
POS Racing

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Originally Posted by SpinOutF500

The link for the Ballpark actually shows the parking lot for Six Flags. So they will be running on a different lot.

Yea ol Titus is new to this interweb map stuff. ;)
06-02-2008, 10:49 AM
Titus

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpinOutF500

The link for the Ballpark actually shows the parking lot for Six Flags. So they will be running on a different lot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by POS Racing

Yea ol Titus is new to this interweb map stuff. ;)

The 2 times that I have gone to a Rangers game, the lot on the right (that is full in the picture) was for six flags, but they had people there for the game park in the lot to the left of it (empty in the picture). I parked there both times. ::Shrug::
06-02-2008, 03:03 PM
Ted the Red

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ataim

Is that parking for Six Flags?

Yes, that is Six Flags overflow parking, unless you are talking about the 3 smaller lots at the bottom of the screen. Most of the parking lots for the BallPark are smaller in comparison to the Six Flags lot.
06-02-2008, 03:09 PM
MadMonkey

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Originally Posted by Titus

light polls

I vote yes, we need light.
07-30-2008, 12:46 PM
ClayPerrine

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrj512

I agree. It is great to see the new AX chairman being proactive like this. I think the Birdville ISD stadium was a bust, but it was nice to try.

Thanks for the complement on being proactive.

But.... why do you think the Birdville lot was a bust?? I need feedback on this stuff.
07-30-2008, 01:01 PM
jrj512

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClayPerrine

Thanks for the complement on being proactive.

But.... why do you think the Birdville lot was a bust?? I need feedback on this stuff.

Thanks for asking.

Just to make sure there is not a misunderstanding, I did not mean that the event was a bust, but the site was not as much as we hoped. The location and surface was great, but the site was really too small. I think Pennington is actually a little bigger with just as good of a surface. So, if I had a choice between the two, I would choose Pennington.

I really wanted Birdville to be a great new venue, but...
07-30-2008, 02:05 PM
ClayPerrine

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrj512

Thanks for asking.

Just to make sure there is not a misunderstanding, I did not mean that the event was a bust, but the site was not as much as we hoped. The location and surface was great, but the site was really too small. I think Pennington is actually a little bigger with just as good of a surface. So, if I had a choice between the two, I would choose Pennington.

I really wanted Birdville to be a great new venue, but...

But... you can't beat the rental cost at 100.00 per event with a 300.00 deposit.
07-30-2008, 02:08 PM
CosmosMpower

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClayPerrine

Thanks for the complement on being proactive.

But.... why do you think the Birdville lot was a bust?? I need feedback on this stuff.

2 words, optical illusion :confused:
07-30-2008, 02:15 PM
Mark52

I was wondering whether that lot on the east(?) side of Birdville Stadium might be a better space for AX?
07-30-2008, 02:18 PM
ClayPerrine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark52

I was wondering whether that lot on the east(?) side of Birdville Stadium might be a better space for AX?

We can try that..when we rent the lot, we rent all the parking lots there.

Want to design the course?
07-30-2008, 02:27 PM
CosmosMpower

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClayPerrine

We can try that..when we rent the lot, we rent all the parking lots there.

Want to design the course?

LOL looks like a jrj512 sequel
07-30-2008, 02:58 PM
jrj512

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark52

I was wondering whether that lot on the east(?) side of Birdville Stadium might be a better space for AX?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClayPerrine

We can try that..when we rent the lot, we rent all the parking lots there.

Want to design the course?

I might be able to design a course for it. Let me look into it.

BTW, Clay, I am always open to designing courses. It is just a matter of comitting to PCA events now that the ::Curls:: has come down on me about too much racing. I will let you know when I sign up for an event to see if you want me to submit a design.
07-30-2008, 04:38 PM
creek

I don't know if anyone is interested but I saw some kind of non-school event going on at the Mesquite stadium a while back. I don't know if the place is for rent or not, maybe I shouldn't even post this but it looks like a good site for AX. About 40 acres of asphalt. No light poles.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...=17&iwloc=addr
07-31-2008, 06:10 AM
ClayPerrine

I am ALWAYS interested in finding new venues for us to run. Do you have any contact info?

Quote:

Originally Posted by creek

I don't know if anyone is interested but I saw some kind of non-school event going on at the Mesquite stadium a while back. I don't know if the place is for rent or not, maybe I shouldn't even post this but it looks like a good site for AX. About 40 acres of asphalt. No light poles.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...=17&iwloc=addr
07-31-2008, 07:15 AM
redmenace

How'd y'all get Birdville ISD on board? Would Mesquite ISD have an analogous contact?
07-31-2008, 07:17 AM
Mark52

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClayPerrine

We can try that..when we rent the lot, we rent all the parking lots there.

Want to design the course?

Better let jrj512 do the design work. He has developed extra thick skin, and is immune to shame and humiliation. The rest of us Miata pilots are just mere mortals.
07-31-2008, 07:20 AM
cone-cerned

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClayPerrine

I am ALWAYS interested in finding new venues for us to run. Do you have any contact info?

Dr. Linda Henrie is the Superintendent, 882-7311. Steve Bragg is Athletics Administrative Officer, 882-7380.

Good luck.
07-31-2008, 11:11 AM
Darron65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark52

He has developed extra thick skin, and is immune to shame and humiliation.

:clap:
07-31-2008, 11:41 AM
onething

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark52

Better let jrj512 do the design work. He has developed extra thick skin, and is immune to shame and humiliation.

Nah - he had those traits when I met him and that was before he designed his first course.
07-31-2008, 12:38 PM
jrj512

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Since the PCA events do not run Junior Karts, I was able to decrease the hard-object tolerence to 25' for more room. This course generally follows SCCA safety rules (sans karts) with a little safe bending. Definitely a Miata course.
08-08-2008, 01:11 PM
ClayPerrine

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrj512

Since the PCA events do not run Junior Karts, I was able to decrease the hard-object tolerence to 25' for more room. This course generally follows SCCA safety rules (sans karts) with a little safe bending. Definitely a Miata course.

I was shooting for September 21st, but that isn't going to work. PCA has a DE that day, so we have to reschedule. I am going to try for October 5th. I will keep y'all posted.

I like Miatas.. a white Miata with the top down and two guys with white helmets on remind me of the little cars in the Milton Bradly game "Life". :D

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